Heritage in the Reality of a Composite State: The Example of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ...
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – a state that emerged from the Union of Lublin in 1569 and existed until the third partition in 1795 – is a frequent and significant element in many contemporary references. It is sometimes evoked in positive contexts, such as the development of a free election mechanism or the adoption of the Constitution of May 3rd in 1791, but also in negative ones, such as the liberum veto, destructive to the parliamentary system, or the dilemmas of betrayal symbolized by the Targowica Confederation.
The aim of the lecture by Dr. hab. Katarzyna Kuras, professor at the Jagiellonian University, is to reflect on the heritage of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – primarily the question of the contexts in which symbols, figures, and phenomena from the past function in our present. The meeting is also an invitation to examine the dilemmas of the historian-heritologist, for whom the way narratives about the past in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth are constructed is key to understanding its complex and multi-layered structure.
Dr. hab. Katarzyna Kuras is a professor in the Department of Modern History at the Jagiellonian University. Her research focuses on the history and heritage of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, particularly during the Saxon period (1697-1763), as well as the role of the court in the history of modern Europe.
This material was created with funding from the Strategic Excellence Initiative Program at the Jagiellonian University.
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